Thursday, June 30, 2005
Surely when the church burns, the government may put out the fire. That has a nice ring to it. I hope will "crazy ninja nihilist" baude is successful in his game plan of clerking for kozinski (sp) and thomas.
update: well, i didn't claim it was original; he quotes well.
Meanwhile the Arbitrary Aardvark gives me credit for turning the phrase, "Surely when the church burns, the government may put out the fire." Alas, others turned it first. See David Currie, Inflating The Nation's Power, 71 U Chi. L. Rev. 1229 (2004) ("If the church burns, the state may put out the fire."); see also Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 61 (1947) (Jackson, J., dissenting) ("Certainly the fire department must not stand idly by while the church burns.")
The court has at times used various metaphors about burning vilages, roast pigs, and suchlike. I forget where I read yesterday that Everson was brought by KKK supporters.
I don't actually know the case, just that it is one of the landmark church/state cases cited in e.g. the 10 commandments cases.
Crescat-alanch: we welcome the 9 people who have clicked here today from crescat. That makes over 500 unique hits this month.
update: well, i didn't claim it was original; he quotes well.
Meanwhile the Arbitrary Aardvark gives me credit for turning the phrase, "Surely when the church burns, the government may put out the fire." Alas, others turned it first. See David Currie, Inflating The Nation's Power, 71 U Chi. L. Rev. 1229 (2004) ("If the church burns, the state may put out the fire."); see also Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 61 (1947) (Jackson, J., dissenting) ("Certainly the fire department must not stand idly by while the church burns.")
The court has at times used various metaphors about burning vilages, roast pigs, and suchlike. I forget where I read yesterday that Everson was brought by KKK supporters.
I don't actually know the case, just that it is one of the landmark church/state cases cited in e.g. the 10 commandments cases.
Crescat-alanch: we welcome the 9 people who have clicked here today from crescat. That makes over 500 unique hits this month.
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